return ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone);
}
ESQ

use vars qw($day_ref $mon_ref $suf_ref $obj);

sub gen_parser
{
 local($day_ref,$mon_ref,$suf_ref,$obj) = @_;

 if($obj)
  {
   my $obj_strptime = $strptime;
   substr($obj_strptime,index($strptime,"sub")+6,0) = <<'ESQ';
 shift; # package
ESQ
   my $sub = eval "$obj_strptime" or die $@;
   return $sub;
  }

 eval "$strptime" or die $@;

}

*strptime = gen_parser(\%day,\%month,\@suf);

sub str2time
{
 my @t = strptime(@_);

 return undef
	unless @t;

 my($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone) = @t;
 my @lt  = localtime(time);

 $hh    ||= 0;
 $mm    ||= 0;
 $ss    ||= 0;

 my $frac = $ss - int($ss);
 $ss = int $ss;

 $month = $lt[4]
	unless(defined $month);

 $day  = $lt[3]
	unless(defined $day);

 $year = ($month > $lt[4]) ? ($lt[5] - 1) : $lt[5]
	unless(defined $year);

 return undef
	unless($month <= 11 && $day >= 1 && $day <= 31
		&& $hh <= 23 && $mm <= 59 && $ss <= 59);

 my $result;

 if (defined $zone) {
   $result = eval {
     local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {}; # Ick!
     timegm($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year);
   };
   return undef
     if !defined $result
        or $result == -1
           && join("",$ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year)
     	        ne "595923311169";
   $result -= $zone;
 }
 else {
   $result = eval {
     local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {}; # Ick!
     timelocal($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year);
   };
   return undef
     if !defined $result
        or $result == -1
           && join("",$ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year)
     	        ne join("",(localtime(-1))[0..5]);
 }

 return $result + $frac;
}

1;

__END__


=head1 NAME

Date::Parse - Parse date strings into time values

=head1 SYNOPSIS

	use Date::Parse;
	
	$time = str2time($date);